GOVERNMENT KNEW POST OFFICE AXED HORIZON IT PROBE /RESON IN

Cameron's team was informed

- JOHN STEVENS

DAVID Cameron's government knew the Post Office was blocking an investigation into the Horizon IT system, it has been revealed.

A probe was launched in February 2016 into concerns that postmasters accounts could be remotely accessed without their knowledge.

But just four months later, a Tory minister was informed the investigation was being abandoned because a group of postmasters, led by Alan Bates, had started their legal challenge.

Tim Parker, who was Post Office chairman at the time, told Baroness Neville-Rolfe he had taken the decision following advice from lawyers.